forest management exam || with Accurate Answers 100%.
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Forest management
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Forest Management
what are goals correct answers are broad vision statements that describe in general what might be produced or might become in the future
what are objectives correct answers the measurable criteria one might use to determine whether the goal s have been acheived: desired outcomes from or conditio...
forest management exam || with Accurate Answers 100%.
what are goals correct answers are broad vision statements that describe in general what might be
produced or might become in the future
what are objectives correct answers the measurable criteria one might use to determine whether the goal s have been acheived: desired outcomes from or conditions of natural resources under control of landowner or land manager
what are constraints correct answers as they relate to forest and natural resource management, are the conditions or fofrces that limit or restrict the use of management activities (ex-legal environment, technology, physical environment, social norms, pressures)
what is forestland correct answers -land at least 10% stocked by forest trees of any size, including land that formerly had such tree cover and that will be naturally or artificially regenerated
-minimum area for classification of forest land acre is 1 acre -crown width of 120 ft
what is shelterbelt or wind break correct answers strip of trees or shrubs maintaining mainly to alter windflow and microclimates in the sheltered zone, usually farm buildings
what is silviculture correct answers art and science of controlling the establishment, growth, compisition, health and quality of forests and woodlands to meet the diverse needs and values of landowners and society
- such as wildlife habitat, timber, water resources, restoration, and recreation on sustainable basis
what is timberland correct answers forestland that is producing or is capable of producing crops of industrial wood and not withdrawn from timber utilization by statute or administrative regulation
- areas that qualify as timberland produce 20 cubic feet per year
--- of the US landscape is forested correct answers 1/3
US forest and timberland ownership (priv and public) correct answers forestland- 58% private, 42% public timberland-70% private, 30% public
US south forest and timberland ownership (priv and public) correct answers forestland- 86% private, 13% public timberland- 88% private, 12% public
AZ timberland ownership (private and public) correct answers 27% private
73% public
TX timberland ownership (private and public) correct answers 91% private 9% public
NIPF owners ------ correct answers -do not own or operate processing facilities - ex: family, church, schools, farmers -own about 59% have less than 10 acres -own about 86% have less than 50 acres
TIMOS act as ------ correct answers brokers for institutional investors and as managers of the timberland investments purchased by institutional investors
-objectives: return on investment, acheive a steadt flow of revenue from timber harvesting operations over time - dont own land only manage
what is wildlife correct answers any non domesticated living organism existing in a natural or managed setting; mosaic of land and water that can be found across a landscape -plants
-animals
-fungi,lichen,bacteria, viruses, fish, insects, algae
term of endangered correct answers wildlife species are those native species whose prospect for survival is low or those that are in danger and at risk of becoming extinct
term of threatened species correct answers wildlife species are those whose existance is not in immediate jeoprady, yet they may have eventually become endangered if the conditions associated with their welfare continue to decline
giant panda is under the status of correct answers vulnerable
northern spotted owl is correct answers near threatened
term of extinct correct answers disappeared from its entire range
term of extirpated correct answers disappeared from a specific area or region
term of special interest correct answers occurs periodically in an area and may breed there; might
become threatened in an area under continued or increased stress
- relevance to an area because of economics, cultural, ecological importance
what are the requirements of quality wildlife habitat correct answers -availability of food -availability of cover -availability of water
ecological succession correct answers is the process of orderly change of area's structure with living organisms becoming established over time and transitioning through different plant, vertebrate, and invertabrate communities until a climax stage is reached
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